uncategorized
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈkætəɡəraɪzd/
- US
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no categorizado
- The results were as predicted: the uncategorized items replicated the results of Sharps and Gollin (1987b), providing a relative advantage for the recall performance of older adults.
Examples
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Yeah, Elvis Presley kicked up a storm, but The Beatles were an uncategorized hurricane.
Blog text (17) -
These guidelines contain ten uncategorized requirements, many of which are general in nature without specific indicators for compliance.
Academic text (2015) -
I changed tags and categories, and it was still showing the defaults, or that it was "uncategorized" even after it synced.
Blog text (17) -
For more stable patients, high-risk non-invasive tests were independent predictors of about a 3-4 day decrement in waiting time, whether uncategorized patients were assumed to be low or high risk (both p=0.002).
Academic text (1995) -
The project was difficult to manage because it included many uncategorized tasks that lacked clear definitions.
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During the meeting, several uncategorized items were brought up that need further discussion before we can proceed.
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She found it challenging to analyze the uncategorized data, as it was all mixed together without any labels.
Synonyms
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Not put into any group or category
Covering many different kinds and not fitting one group
Antonyms
How Categorized
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncategorized = categorized (transparent) = un + category + ize + d
The adjective is formed by negation with un- applied to 'categorized'; the negated meaning is directly recoverable by learners.
Etymology
The word uncategorized is made of un- meaning 'not' and category meaning 'a group or class'. So it means 'not put into a group', which is why we use it for things that have not been sorted into any category.